{"id":12880,"date":"2014-08-28T05:39:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T03:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/28\/a-collection-of-middle-eastern-recipes-28-08-14\/"},"modified":"2014-08-28T05:39:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T03:39:10","slug":"a-collection-of-middle-eastern-recipes-28-08-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/a-collection-of-middle-eastern-recipes-28-08-14\/","title":{"rendered":"A Collection of Middle Eastern recipes (28.08.14)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pita <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

4 cups flour<\/span>
1 pkt yeast<\/span>
Pinch of salt<\/span>
Warm water for dough<\/span>
Combine all ingredients in a bowl, make dough with water, divide into balls, roll out and grill in hot oven.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sauce<\/span><\/strong>
14 whole dry red chillies<\/span>
1 cup boiling water<\/span>
2 tblsp lemon juice<\/span>
2 medium tomatoes<\/span>
2 tblsp tomato paste<\/span>
2 tblsp chilli sauce<\/span>
Salt to taste<\/span>
2 tblsp butter<\/span>
Soak chillies in water for 20 min, drain and liquidize with lemon juice and tomato paste till smooth. Place in a saucepan, add remaining ingr and simmer until slightly thickened.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kebab<\/span><\/strong>
1 kg steak mince<\/span>
1 onion chopped<\/span>
Ground green chillies<\/span>
Salt and pepper<\/span>
Cinnamon<\/span>
Crushed garlic<\/span>
Dhana jeeru powder<\/span>
1 egg to bind<\/span>
Cinnamon<\/span>
Mix everything together, shape, put in a pyrex dish, drizzle with olive oil and bake till done<\/span><\/p>\n

Hummus<\/span><\/strong>
1 tin chick peas<\/span>
1 tsp crush garlic<\/span>
1 tsp jeeru<\/span>
\u00bd\u00a0 cup lemon juice<\/span>
\u00bd\u00a0 cup thick yoghurt<\/span>
1 tsp paprika<\/span>
Salt<\/span>
Process everything until smooth. <\/span>
To serve: put kebab on pita, top with chilli sauce and hummus,\u00a0 grill cherry tomatoes and garnish with that. Drizzle with olive oil and serve.<\/span><\/p>\n

Basbusa <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 cup taystee wheat<\/span>
1 cup nespray or klim<\/span>
75grm soft butter<\/span>
1 tin condensed milk<\/span>
1 tsp bicarb<\/span>
1\/4 tsp vanilla essence<\/span>
3 tblsp yoghurt<\/span><\/p>\n

Mix everything together, pour into greased baking pan, and bake on 170 for about 30 min. While cake is baking make thin syrup with:<\/span>
\u00bd\u00a0 cup brown sugar<\/span>
\u00be\u00a0 cup water<\/span>
Boil for 10 min and leave to cool. Pour cool syrup over hot cake, cut into cubes and serve.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shish taouk – chicken kebabs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

10 cloves garlic, mashed into a paste<\/span>
\u00bd cup lemon juice<\/span>
\u00bc cup olive oil<\/span>
1 tbsp. ground cumin<\/span>
1 tbsp. ground coriander<\/span>
\u00bd tbsp. dried mint leaves<\/span>
\u00a0salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste<\/span>
1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 2″ pieces<\/span>
1 cup plain yogurt<\/span>
10 fresh mint leaves, finely chopped<\/span><\/p>\n

Instructions<\/span><\/strong>
1.Combine half the garlic, \u2153 cup juice, 2 tbsp. oil, 1\u00bd tbsp. Aleppo pepper, cumin, coriander, dried mint, salt, and pepper in a bowl; add chicken, and toss to coat. Chill for 2 hours.\u00a0 Build a medium-hot fire in a charcoal grill. Skewer chicken on about eight 10″ wooden skewers; grill, turning, until chicken is cooked through and slightly charred, 10\u201312 minutes. Mix yogurt, fresh mint, remaining garlic, juice, oil, and serve alongside skewers. .Or alternatively grill in a hot oven turning skewers until they done..<\/span><\/p>\n

Shish tawook recipe 2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u20222 lbs of skinless boneless chicken breast, cut into cubes\/Kabab chunks<\/span>
\u20221 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice<\/span>
\u2022a small slice of lemon with the peel (optional, don\u2019t put too much)<\/span>
\u202215 cloves of garlic, crushed<\/span>
\u20226 table spoons of plain yogurt (Greek yogurt)<\/span>
\u20226 table spoons of olive oil<\/span>
\u20222 table spoons of\u00a0 apple cider vinegar<\/span>
\u20221 \u00bd\u00a0 to 2 teaspoons of ground white pepper<\/span>
\u2022A third teaspoon of ground ginger spice<\/span>
\u2022\u00bd teaspoon of ground thyme, or ground oregano<\/span>
\u2022\u00bd\u00a0 teaspoon of paprika<\/span>
\u20221+ teaspoon of salt (or to taste)<\/span>
\u2022\u00bd to 1 teaspoon of tomato paste<\/span><\/p>\n

Instructions<\/span><\/strong>
1.Mix all ingredients well together while rubbing the chicken<\/span>
2.Place in a container, cover, and let rest\/marinate in the fridge for at least 4 hours<\/span>
3.Skewer the chicken right before grilling<\/span>
4.Grill on medium heat for 12-18 minutes maximum<\/span>
5.As soon as you remove them from the grill, place them in a big warm pot, replace the lid tightly, and let rest for 8-10 minutes \u2013 this helps the chicken become more moist (this step is optional)<\/span>
6.Spread 1 teaspoon of our garlic paste along the diameter of a pita bread, add some salted cucumber pickles, french fries, grilled tomatoes or peppers (optional), the grilled chicken shish tawook, roll as in a burrito and enjoy. You could also toast the sandwich roll through a panini grill for 2-3 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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